Status of Upcoming SEC 

Petitions

LaVon B. Rutherford, CHP

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Division of Compensation Analysis and Support

December 2011

Tampa, FL 
Purpose

 Provide an update to the Advisory Board on 

the current number of qualified petitions 

under evaluation and sites being evaluated 

through the 83.14 process.

 Provide SEC information to the Advisory 

Board in support of its preparations for 

future Work Group sessions and Advisory 

Board meetings.
SEC Summary Table

(as of November 23, 2011)

 Petitions received 196

 Petitions in qualification process 6 

 Petitions qualified for evaluation 117

• NIOSH evaluation in progress 5

• NIOSH evaluation completed 112

– SEC Evaluation Reports 

 with the Advisory Board 

 for recommendation 11 

 Petitions not qualifying for evaluation 73

Note: Petitions not qualifying include five petitions received prior to the 

rule becoming final and Petition 34 where the site was de-listed. 
SEC Petition Currently in the 

Evaluation Process

 Clinton Engineering Works (CEW)

• Location: Oak Ridge, TN

• All guards and service workers who worked in or around 

the warehouses at the Elza Gate area of CEW from 

January 1, 1943 through May 18, 1947

• Date received: July 8, 2010

• Expected completion: NIOSH is doing additional research 

to develop a class that DOL can administer. The research 

should be completed in time for the February 2012 Board 

meeting.
SEC Petition Currently in the 

Evaluation Process—cont. 

 Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL)

• Location: Oak Ridge, TN

• Class being evaluated: All employees who worked at 

ORNL from January 1, 1943 through December 31, 1952

• Date received: July 18, 2011

• Expected completion: February 2012
SEC Petition Currently in the 

Evaluation Process—cont. 

 Sandia National Lab (SNL)

• Location: Albuquerque, NM

• Class being evaluated: All employees who worked at SNL 

from January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011

• Date received: July 18, 2011

• Expected completion: March 2012
SEC Petition Currently in the 

Evaluation Process—cont. 

 Titanium Alloys Manufacturing (TAM)

• Location: Niagara Falls, NY

• Class being evaluated: All employees who worked at TAM 

from January 1, 1950 through December 31, 1956

• Date received: July 28, 2011

• Expected completion: February 2012
SEC Petition Currently in the 

Evaluation Process—cont. 

 Brookhaven National Lab (BNL)

• Location: Upton, NY

• Class being evaluated (83.14): All employees who worked 

at BNL from January 1, 1980 through 

December 31, 1993

• Date received: November 3, 2011

• Expected completion: February 2012
SEC Petition Evaluation Continues

 The following sites have evaluations that were 

partially completed, and NIOSH has committed to 

continue evaluation

• Grand Junction Operations Office

—February 1, 1975 through July 31, 2010

—Expected completion: March 2012

• Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM 

—Post 1960 period

—Expected completion: March 2012
SEC Petitions in Qualification

 The following sites have petitions undergoing 

qualification

• Hanford (Richland, WA)

• Iowa Ordnance Plant (Burlington, IA)

• Rocky Flats (Golden, CO)

• Savannah River Site (Savannah, GA)

• Nuclear Metals Inc. (Concord, MA)